Edwyn Alfred Bowd (1865-7/17/1940) Lansing, Michigan (A.I.A.)

In practice in Michigan over many years, he had been a member of the Detroit Chapter, A.I.A. since 1900, and at the time of his death was senior partner of the Bowd-Munson Company of Lansing.

Born in Cheltenham, England, and educated in achitecture in his native country, Bowd migrated to the U.S. early in the 1880s. He settled first in Detroit, and in 1883 joined the office of the late Gordon W. Lloyd. After working there a few years and a later period of employment in Saginaw, Bowd moved to Lansing in 1888, and in association with W.P. Appleyard, continued in practice until 1920. Later, in 1925 he joined the office of Orlo Munson, first as a draftsman, and four years later organized the firm of which he remained a member during the rest of his life. In 1939 he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his professional practice in Lansing. Among the most important buildings in the city of which the Bowd-Munson Company were architects should be mentioned the following: the State Office Building, 1920-1922 (with Albert Kahn, Consulting Architect); School for the Blind, 1920; Home Economics Building and Library, 1929; Buildings at the State Agriculture College, 1924, and the Masonic Temple. Mr. Bowd also designed the School for the Deaf built in Flint, Michigan.